Every time I save someone, I forget to love them a little.
Gaining strength by burning memories, I became the strongest weapon against the "inner beast". The price was that I lost the warmth of my mother's smile, the heartbeat of my first love, and even forgot my sister Chen Nuan's birthday. I am very happy because she is the only light I have left and I must protect it with everything.
Until the "Final Band" came to the door. They say that their sister is no ordinary girl, but the "ultimate container" that purifies the world's despair. Using her, all mankind will gain eternal peace; if she is not handed over, her fragile heart will dry up in three years.
And the enemy wearing a monocle gave me an irresistible choice: "Join us, she can live healthily, and you don't have to burn memories anymore. Or -" he smiled and played the surveillance video of his sister's coma, "you can continue to be a hero, and then watch her die in your arms."
Now the fire in my right hand is burning out. The last tuning requires burning all the memories about her. I clenched my fists, the scars left on my palms burning hot.
Before the hospital bed, my sister held my hand for the last time, tears falling on my increasingly transparent palm prints: "Brother, don't forget me... Please."
But I no longer remember what the word "sister" means.
Intention: 1. The paradox of emotion and power: The most powerful power does not come from coldness, but from human beings' most precious emotional memories. But to use this power, you have to burn these emotional carriers with your own hands. This constitutes the most fundamental tragic tension and philosophical speculation of the story. 2. Deconstruction of the traditional heroic narrative: The story questions the absolute correctness of "sacrifice the small self to achieve the greater self". When the "ego" is the entire world of close relatives, does this sacrifice become a more cruel harm to the specific person? A hero's medal may be the rusty shackles in the eyes of relatives. 3. Proof of "existence": The story implies that the essence of human existence is not merit, but the warmth left in the memory of the one you love. When all memories of oneself (whether one's own or others') are burned away, this "being" sinks into the deepest philosophical nothingness.